County Government, USAID Ink Sh1.1 Billion Development Deal

 

Governor Malombe with James Flock of USAID

By Naumi Venza 


Sanity is fast creeping back to Kitui county that was once ravaged by marauding & looting gangs resident at the collapsed mbee nzei regime.


This morning, Governor Julius Malombe signed a mouth watering development deal worth Sh1.1 billion with USAID where activities in both projects and service delivery across 7 departments will be implemented. 


In the deal, Governor Malombe's administration has allocated KSh742 million while USAID will pump 368 million for the identified activities. 


The return of development partners in the county is a big win for the county residents and serves to give a firm confidence on Dr. Malombe's leadership. 


During Ngilu's time, development partners scampered away due to high level corruption and rent seeking from her vicious cartels. 


Top 💵 Dollar 

With Governor Malombe restoring sanity and transparency in Governance, development partners will be trooping back with top dollar 💵, all for the benefit of the locals. 


Mr James Flock, a representative of USAID joined Governor Malombe in signing the joint execution deal.


Speaking to the press immediately after signing the Joint Working Agreement, the Governor revealed that the bulk of the funds will go towards Health and Sanitation programmes which will consume a total of Sh324 million while Agriculture, Water, Irrigation and Livestock department will take the second largest batch of funds at Sh202 million.


Dr. Malombe noted that the programmes had been co - created by the County Government and the USAID implementing partners to ensure that they are of maximum benefit to the residents. 


“The main aim of this joint working partnership is to ensure that there is no duplication of projects or activities either among the County departments or among the implementing partners. This will go a long way in ensuring that there is no waste of resources,” the Governor stated. 


Some of the activities in the health and sanitation sector include promotive and preventive health services, increasing the proportion of eligible clients on ARVs and provision of cash assistance to vulnerable households to meet their dietary and nutritional needs.


In the agriculture sector, the funded activities include purchase of certified seeds and provision of tractor services to farmers, water tracking, strengthening of farmer organisations among others.


To enhance accountability and transparency, the programmes will be co-implemented and co-monitored by both the County Government and the UDAID implementing partners among them USAID Advancing Nutrition, the World Vision, the World Food Programme (WFP) and Afya Ugavi among others. 

Governor Malombe & James Flock of USAID sign a joint working agreement for life changing programmes worth Ksh1.1 billion

Mr Flock said the USAID’s focus is to empower the host County Government and partners to achieve locally sustainable results from the intended programmes.


“The joint approach will also help in identifying priority areas for the next fiscal year,” Mr. Flock said. The County Government and the USAID implementing partners will conduct regular monthly and quarterly progress review of the activities to ensure there is value for money.


Other activities are aligned to trade, industry, cooperatives, basic education, governance, finance, Revenue management, economic planning, governance, culture, gender, youth, sports, ICT and social services.

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